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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,132 | 5,125 | 77.4 | 75.8-79.0 | 1,007 | 22.6 | 21.0-24.2 |
| -Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 264 | 220 | 79.5 | 72.2-85.3 | 44 | 20.5 | 14.7-27.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 94 | 76 | 77.7 | 65.3-86.6 | 18 | 22.3 | 13.4-34.7 |
| Female | 170 | 144 | 81.0 | 71.4-87.9 | 26 | 19.0 | 12.1-28.6 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 240 | 200 | 78.6 | 70.7-84.8 | 40 | 21.4 | 15.2-29.3 |
| Other | 24 | 20 | 88.6 | 68.7-96.5 | 4 | 11.4 | 3.5-31.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 32 | 18 | 48.5 | 28.4-69.2 | 14 | 51.5 | 30.8-71.6 |
| 45+ | 231 | 201 | 86.7 | 80.5-91.1 | 30 | 13.3 | 8.9-19.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 139 | 119 | 85.4 | 75.4-91.7 | 20 | 14.6 | 8.3-24.6 |
| Some College + | 125 | 101 | 73.7 | 62.3-82.6 | 24 | 26.3 | 17.4-37.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 173 | 145 | 79.1 | 69.5-86.3 | 28 | 20.9 | 13.7-30.5 |
| $50,000+ | 38 | 28 | 69.7 | 49.9-84.1 | 10 | 30.3 | 15.9-50.1 |
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*This question is asked only if the respondent reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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